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Bitcoin (BTC-USD) opened at $64,681.22 on Wednesday, August 19, 2026, 0.3% higher than Tuesday's opening price. As of 9:25 a.m. ET this morning, the price of bitcoin moved up to $64,877.66.
Ethereum (ETH-USD) opened at $1,916.47 on Wednesday, August 19, 2026, up 0.2% from Tuesday's opening price. The price of ethereum moved higher this morning to $1,936.31 as of 9:24 a.m. ET.
Bitcoin and ethereum prices opened higher and rose in early trading after the SEC announced new regulation for crypto ***** ets.
The proposed rules provide a framework for crypto companies to raise capital. They define two registration requirement exemptions for crypto-related investment contracts. Issuers would still be required to make certain disclosures. Larger offerings would have to provide financial statements and meet ongoing reporting requirements. The rules also allow certain crypto ***** ets to exit securities classification, and the related reporting requirements, after a project fulfills core managerial commitments. This would benefit mature crypto networks like bitcoin and ethereum.

#Crypto #ethereum #wednesday

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Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026 at 4:30 p.m. ET
President and Chief Executive Officer - David A. Pace
Chief Financial Officer - Mark E. Graff
Operator: Good afternoon. Welcome to the Red Robin Gourmet Burgers Incorporated Second Quarter 2026 Earnings Call. This conference call is being recorded. During management's presentation and in response to your questions, they will be making forward-looking statements about the company's business. Outlook and expectations. These forward-looking statements and all other statements that are not historical facts reflect management's beliefs and predictions as of today. And therefore, are subject to risks and uncertainties as described in the company's SEC filings. Management will also discuss non-GAAP financial measures as part of today's conference call. These non-GAAP measures are not prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, but are intended to illustrate alternative measures of the company's operating performance that may be useful.

#statements #financial #forward

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Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026, at 10:30 a.m. ET
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman - Robert S. Ellin
Interim Chief Financial Officer - Craig Christensen
Operator: Good morning and thank you for standing by. Welcome to LiveOne's fiscal year 27 first quarter ended June 30, 2026 Financial Results and Business Update Conference Call. During today's call, all participants will be in a listen-only mode. Following the presentation, the conference will be opened for questions. Presenting on today's call is Robert S. Ellin, CEO and Chairman of LiveOne, and Craig Christensen, Interim CFO of LiveOne. I would like to remind you that some of the statements made on today's call are forward looking and are based on current expectations and forecasts and ******* umptions that involve various risks and uncertainties.

#call #officer #ellin #christensen

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Bitcoin (BTC-USD) opened at $64,681.22 on Wednesday, August 19, 2026, 0.3% higher than Tuesday's opening price. As of 9:25 a.m. ET this morning, the price of bitcoin moved up to $64,877.66.
Ethereum (ETH-USD) opened at $1,916.47 on Wednesday, August 19, 2026, up 0.2% from Tuesday's opening price. The price of ethereum moved higher this morning to $1,936.31 as of 9:24 a.m. ET.
Bitcoin and ethereum prices opened higher and rose in early trading after the SEC announced new regulation for crypto **** ets.
The proposed rules provide a framework for crypto companies to raise capital. They define two registration requirement exemptions for crypto-related investment contracts. Issuers would still be required to make certain disclosures. Larger offerings would have to provide financial statements and meet ongoing reporting requirements. The rules also allow certain crypto **** ets to exit securities classification, and the related reporting requirements, after a project fulfills core managerial commitments. This would benefit mature crypto networks like bitcoin and ethereum.

#Crypto #Bitcoin #wednesday #morning

FR8 Solutions and 22 independent drivers have reached a settlement in a federal civil RICO lawsuit. The drivers accused the company of altering rate sheets and hiding revenue from hauled loads. On July 28, a Florida court dismissed the case with prejudice. The court filings do not disclose the settlement's financial terms.
Plaintiffs and defendants filed a joint notice of settlement on July 27. They told the court they had resolved the matter and were finalizing their agreement. Judge Wendy Berger closed the case the following day. Her order allows either side 60 days to request a final order or reopen proceedings.
FR8 and the drivers worked under agreements that promised drivers 88% of each load's linehaul rate. The complaint claims company records showed smaller rates than FR8 actually received. Drivers claimed FR8 supplied settlement statements and dispatch documents that understated the company's revenue. The lawsuit says those documents reduced their percentage-based payment on individual loads.
One disputed shipment ran from Wood Dale, Illinois, to Gaffney, South Carolina. FR8's system showed a $2,400 rate, while the complaint claims FR8 received $2,500. Another shipment ran from Del Rio, Texas, to Kansas City, Kansas. For that move, the drivers claim FR8 showed $8,000 but received $15,000.
The $7,000 difference represented $6,160 under the drivers claimed 88% formula. Drivers also identified Ascent On-Demand, Active On-Demand and Landstar in disputed transactions. They claimed another company operator revealed different rates during June 2023. FR8 then ended their contracts and locked them out of its mobile application, the lawsuit states.

#settlement #claimed

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Bitcoin (BTC-USD) opened at $64,681.22 on Wednesday, August 19, 2026, 0.3% higher than Tuesday's opening price. As of 9:25 a.m. ET this morning, the price of bitcoin moved up to $64,877.66.
Ethereum (ETH-USD) opened at $1,916.47 on Wednesday, August 19, 2026, up 0.2% from Tuesday's opening price. The price of ethereum moved higher this morning to $1,936.31 as of 9:24 a.m. ET.
Bitcoin and ethereum prices opened higher and rose in early trading after the SEC announced new regulation for crypto ***** ets.
The proposed rules provide a framework for crypto companies to raise capital. They define two registration requirement exemptions for crypto-related investment contracts. Issuers would still be required to make certain disclosures. Larger offerings would have to provide financial statements and meet ongoing reporting requirements. The rules also allow certain crypto ***** ets to exit securities classification, and the related reporting requirements, after a project fulfills core managerial commitments. This would benefit mature crypto networks like bitcoin and ethereum.

#price #higher

FR8 Solutions and 22 independent drivers have reached a settlement in a federal civil RICO lawsuit. The drivers accused the company of altering rate sheets and hiding revenue from hauled loads. On July 28, a Florida court dismissed the case with prejudice. The court filings do not disclose the settlement's financial terms.
Plaintiffs and defendants filed a joint notice of settlement on July 27. They told the court they had resolved the matter and were finalizing their agreement. Judge Wendy Berger closed the case the following day. Her order allows either side 60 days to request a final order or reopen proceedings.
FR8 and the drivers worked under agreements that promised drivers 88% of each load's linehaul rate. The complaint claims company records showed smaller rates than FR8 actually received. Drivers claimed FR8 supplied settlement statements and dispatch documents that understated the company's revenue. The lawsuit says those documents reduced their percentage-based payment on individual loads.
One disputed shipment ran from Wood Dale, Illinois, to Gaffney, South Carolina. FR8's system showed a $2,400 rate, while the complaint claims FR8 received $2,500. Another shipment ran from Del Rio, Texas, to Kansas City, Kansas. For that move, the drivers claim FR8 showed $8,000 but received $15,000.
The $7,000 difference represented $6,160 under the drivers claimed 88% formula. Drivers also identified Ascent On-Demand, Active On-Demand and Landstar in disputed transactions. They claimed another company operator revealed different rates during June 2023. FR8 then ended their contracts and locked them out of its mobile application, the lawsuit states.

#lawsuit #company #court

Jonas Urbig is a name that is quickly becoming a hot topic in German football. Hailed as the next replacement for Manuel Neuer (after Alexander Nübel ultimately fell short), Urbig has had some memorable performances over the last year, and impressed enough for Julian Nagelsmann to send him overseas to join Die Mannschaft as part of the practice squad for the World Cup.
"We were all knocked out together; I was part of the group. Even so, it was an incredible experience for me; I got a taste of tournament life and learnt a lot," said a bittersweet Urbig looking back on the World Cup this summer, as captured by iMiaSanMia.
A very mature response from the 21-year-old goalkeeper. It was a massive kudos to the former FC Köln talent that he was brought to come and join the squad in North America, even if it wasn't in the capacity that he would have wanted.
While he is doing all the right things by being grateful for his opportunities, many will be quick to point out that Manuel Neuer should be handing off additional responsibility to Urbig over time, but Neuer's recent statements have contradicted this. Did Neuer hold back Germany at the World Cup? Did Neuer hold back Bayern Munich in the Champions League last season?
While it is impossible to know how the tournaments would have concluded if Urbig were given the full opportunity, but it seems like he will be getting the keys to himself in the distant future. For some, that couldn't come quick enough as Neuer's brilliance hasn't always shown up in the big moments, with some memorable mistakes costing Bayern Munich a tournament exit on multiple occasions.

#urbig #manuel #bayern

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Monday, Aug. 10, 2026 at 8:30 a.m. ET
Chief Executive Officer - Tal Jacobson
Chief Financial Officer - Elad Tzubery
Operator: ****** o, everybody, and welcome to the Perion Network Second Quarter 2026 Earnings Conference Call. Today's conference call is being recorded. An archive of the webcast will be posted on the company's website. The press release detailing the financial results is available on the company's website at www.perion.com. Before we begin, I'd like to read the following safe harbor statement. Today's discussion includes forward-looking statements. These statements reflect the company's current views with respect to future events.

#motley

MOSCOW, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Russia delivered a strong protest to ****** an's ambassador to Moscow on Tuesday over what it called anti-Russian remarks ‌by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in a dispute over a group ‌of Russian-controlled islands off northeast ****** an.
Moscow's summoning of envoy Akira Muto is the latest development in a simmering row between the two countries after Russian President Vladimir Putin visited one of the disputed islands last week.
The four islands, which Russia calls the Southern Kurils and ****** an refers to as the Northern Territories, were seized by the ‌Soviet Union in the days ⁠following ****** an's surrender in World War Two.
Russia controls and administers them, but Tokyo still claims them. Takaichi said last week ⁠that Putin's visit "hurts the feelings of the ****** anese people and is absolutely unacceptable".
Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin delivered Moscow's protest to the ****** anese envoy, telling him Moscow objected to "anti-Russian" statements by both Takaichi and Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi.

#minister #takaichi #Japan #japanese

As discussions around WNBA inclusion policy heat up, voices within the transgender community are sharing their take on who belongs on the court.
Former NBA players Enes Kanter Freedom and Royce White have re-entered the spotlight after vowing to enter the 2027 WNBA Draft. They are looking to exploit a specific phrasing in the league's collective bargaining agreement, which dictates that players must be 'women' without outlining concrete biological or identity criteria.
Both claim that self-identifying meets the baseline requirement, though the WNBA shut down the stunt as a bad-faith effort to mock trans individuals.
The WNBA hasn't helped itself by offering vague, non-committal statements instead of taking a clear stance. And the situation worsened when league security mistakenly forced fans wearing t-shirts with opposing views on the trans debate to cover up, forcing the WNBA into an embarrassing, public apology.
But amongst all the chaos, what do transgender people think about all of this?

#transgender #trans #former #white

The Football Italia LIVE Show is back with a brand-new episode, bringing you the latest talking points from the world of Italian football.
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Today's show, the first one after the summer break, takes an in-depth look at the latest Serie A transfer activity, including the biggest moves, the clubs making the strongest statements in the market, and the most expensive deals shaping the league ahead of the new campaign.
REGGIO NELL'EMILIA, ITALY – APRIL 01: Keep Racism Out logo is seen prior to the Serie A TIM match between US Sassuolo and Udinese Calcio at Mapei Stadium – Citta' del Tricolore on April 01, 2024 in Reggio nell'Emilia, Italy. (Photo by Emmanuele Ciancaglini/Getty Images)
We also turn the spotlight on the Italian players expected to make an impact this season, discussing the emerging talents and established stars who could play key roles for their clubs and the national team.

#Football #italia #show #latest

The pilot, now live, features DPP data for three denim fabrics sourced from Bhaskar Savitt Industries in India.
The pilot is currently operating with three products, namely Renewed Eco, Earthbound Eco, and Bluecanopy Eco, with each displaying interactive DPP widgets on their product pages.
According to World Collective, these widgets enable stakeholders to access detailed information on fabric composition, sustainability credentials, and supplier details, according to statements from the partners.
World Collective co-founder and CEO Jeanine Ballone said: "The bottleneck in supply chain transparency has never been data availability, it's standardisation and scalable distribution. Currently, suppliers are asked to share the same information separately by dozens of brands.
"Our pilot shows that when suppliers invest in structuring their data once, in a standardised format, that information becomes infinitely more valuable. It's not just efficient; it's a competitive advantage. Suppliers with comprehensive DPP data can demonstrate their practices and capabilities directly to the market."

#pilot #World

By Diana Novak Jones
Aug 18 (Reuters) - As opening statements get underway in a landmark trial over claims that Meta Platforms misled the public about the safety of Instagram and Facebook for young users and violated child privacy laws, one of the biggest fights in the case has ‌already been resolved: whether a bipartisan group of U.S. states could present their claims together.
The states pushed for a single trial covering state consumer ‌protection and federal privacy claims brought by 29 attorneys general, while Meta argued for a series of smaller trials grouping states that have similar laws.
The fight was about more than courtroom logistics. The states argued that the case centers on company-wide decisions affecting young users across the country and seeks nationwide changes to Meta's platforms, and that jurors should hear a single story about Meta's actions. Meta countered that jurors should evaluate states' claims separately because the underlying laws differ and warned that a combined proceeding could blur important distinctions among the claims.
Ultimately, U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers adopted a hybrid approach for the multi-week trial, allowing Colorado, California, Kentucky and New Jersey to try their state law claims together, while also including ‌the federal law claims brought by all of the ⁠states. Although Rogers will decide the case, she appointed an advisory jury whose findings may inform her final ruling.

#states #young

JERUSALEM (AP) — An extremist Israeli lawmaker in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition publicly advocated for killing "30 to 40" people in Gaza each night, comments that surfaced Sunday and were quickly shared by Palestinian media.
Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir made the statement while speaking to a former Gaza-held hostage, Rom Braslavski, on Braslavski's podcast. The two were discussing Israel's recovery from the Hamas attack of Oct. 7, 2023, when Ben-Gvir criticized Israel's recent drawdown of strikes in Gaza.
"It's no secret, I disagree with the prime minister," he said. "I think targeted ***** assinations should be carried out in Gaza, taking down 30 to 40 every night. Not just those who pose an immediate threat — there are people there who are not worthy of life. They shouldn't live. They're not even people."
In the past, similar statements by Ben-Gvir and other Israeli officials were widely condemned. Many have been presented to the U.N.'s world court as evidence of genocidal intent. Israel denies it has committed genocide in Gaza.
Israel's domestic media has made scarce mention of the statement, highlighting how once-fringe ideologies like Ben-Gvir's are surging in the leadup to Israeli elections Oct. 27.

#israeli #gvir #Media #statement

Associated Press | Ian Harrison: Cody Bellinger is set to begin a rehab ****** ignment later this week after going through another round of workouts, though an exact day is yet to be determined. Boone had said earlier on Sunday that he would begin his rehab on Tuesday, but clarified after the extra inning win that he had misspoke. There was no setback in the time that had lapsed between the two statements, just miscommunication. Still, Bellinger is closer to returning than he was yesterday, and that's what's important.
MLB.com | Bryan Hoch: After his statement was released saying goodbye on Old Timers' Day, it seemed the news was inevitable. Still when news broke yesterday that Tommy John had passed, it didn't make the news any less sad. After spending his final days in hospice care, John leaves a legacy obviously most synonymous with the famous UCL surgery named after him, but also for what he achieved on the field. If you haven't already, be sure to check out John's tribute to him from yesterday as well.
New York Magazine | Adam Elder: When the team announced last week that Apollo Sports Capital, a private equity investor, acquired a stake in the team (up to 15 percent) for $2.6 billion, many started to wonder what that meant for the Yankees, the sport, and how it could possibly affect fans. Unfortunately, there's no clear answer yet for how the Steinbrenner family will use this cash influx, but given that these aren't his father's Yankees, it seems unlikely that Hal will put his investment back onto the field. Worst case scenario is also that they get access to a full private equity playbook of cutting costs (lower payroll, tiered memberships for fans, more expensive tickets and YES subscriptions) and implement that. Let's hope it doesn't come to that.
MLB.com | Max Ralph: If you're wondering what Ryan Weathers has been doing differently to put together his recent string of impressive and successful starts, it's that he's been using his most intriguing pitch, the four-seamer, the least among the pitches in his ****** nal. The timing of this piece could've been dicey since it was published late Saturday night, but Weathers backed this up by spinning a 7.1 inning gem, allowing just one run.

#still #john #inning

When we look back to February of this year, the Maryland Charm were the first team to be knocked out of the Championship Series. A few short months after that, they were heading into the first-ever full season of the WLL, and their worth was questioned. But it was never a question within their own locker room.
We doubted Maryland. Combining their struggles to win at the Championship Series and many of their newly drafted players missing from training camp in April, our Power Rankings continued to list the Charm fourth of four teams leading into the start of the season.
But who doesn't love a good "prove people wrong" story?
The Maryland Charm were crowned the inaugural and 2026 Women's Lacrosse League champions after an emphatic 16-13 win over the California Palms on Saturday in Philadelphia.
If we look back at post-Championship Series press conference statements by Charm star midfielder Ally Kennedy and lead goalkeeper Caylee Waters, this inaugural championship run starts to make sense.

#series #season #february

CHICAGO (AP) — Four more belugas have arrived at a Chicago aquarium as part of a plan to move Canada's last remaining captive whales from a shuttered theme park to aquariums in the United States and Spain.
The four whales, named Caspian, Peekachu, Rain and Secord, were the second group of belugas sent to Chicago's Shedd Aquarium from Marineland, in Ontario near Niagara Falls, after an initial four arrived in July.
They are among a total of 30 whales and four dolphins that will be transported from Marineland after the Canadian government approved of the rescue plan, which might have saved them from mass euthanasia.
Marineland announced in early 2023 that it was for sale and closed to the public in late summer 2024. Twenty whales — 19 belugas and one killer whale — have died at Marineland since 2019, according to provincial government data obtained through freedom-of-information laws and official statements.
As part of the rescue efforts, the whales have been making their international trips in custom-built slings and temperature-controlled transport containers. A team of experts flew to Canada to meet the whales' previous caretakers months prior and pored over years of their health records in preparation for the trip.

#part

Only Murders In The Building and Waverly Place star Selena Gomez is sounding fairly ******* off this week, denouncing a recent fraud lawsuit launched against her mental health wellness brand Wondermind. Per People, the lawsuit was aimed at Gomez, her mother Mandy Teefey, and former Wondermind co-CEO Daniella Pierson, claiming the trio "falsely represented" the company's "infrastructure, leadership, and resources" while soliciting more than a million dollars in investments—which is a fancy way to say that there have been a lot of allegations that, while the company sold itself as being able to capitalize on Gomez's massive celebrity and social media following (something that's made her cosmetics company Rare Beauty a reportedly billion-dollar business), in actuality, it was being run almost entirely by Teefey, with very little involvement from her famous daughter.
All of this was laid out in a fairly brutal September 2025 article in The Cut, which talked to several anonymous former Wondermind employees about the not-especially-pleasant-sounding experience of working for Teefey, who the article portrayed as unwell, disorganized, and generally not up to the strain of running a company alone. (Pierson, founder of The Newsette—and the subject of her own takedown article in Forbes last year—exited Wondermind a year after its 2021 founding, reportedly after conflict with Teefey.) The lawsuit says investors got seriously worried about getting their money back when Forbes ran a report back in May 2025 that the company had failed to pay its employees; Gomez reportedly stepped in to cover the debts.
(Meanwhile, if you're wondering what Wondermind—which bills itself as "The World's First Mental Fitness Ecosystem—actually does or makes, the answer is: Not very much, as far as we can tell. The site has run a blog, which has only intermittently been updated in recent years, and ran two short-lived podcasts in the past. But plans for snack offerings, a docuseries about Venus Williams, an app, and film projects have all failed to materialize. Many of the staffers quoted in The Cut article noted that Teefey—whose biggest professional success was pretty objectively the period where she served as Gomez's manager in the early years of her career, before being fired by her daughter in 2014—was good at suggesting projects, but not at actually bringing them to fruition.)
Gomez, like we said, sounds pretty angry to be getting her name and brand dragged through the mud with all this. Per People, her legal team put out a statement this weekend, stating that "The allegations that Selena Gomez engaged in any way whatsoever in any purported 'fraud' or other wrongdoing are completely meritless, both factually and legally. We will vigorously defend these false allegations and indeed are filing a motion to dismiss the baseless claims against her." Teefey and Pierson, both named as co-defendants, haven't made public statements as of yet.

#gomez #lawsuit #allegations #selen

Tether, issuer of the USDT (CRYPTO: $USDT) stablecoin, says it has completed the first independent audit of its financial statements.
The audit has been completed by accounting giant KPMG, which issued an unqualified opinion on Tether's finances after reviewing its 2025 accounts and a $6.81 billion U.S. reserve.
The auditors reportedly examined transactions, systems, valuations, counterparties, ownership records, and supporting documents at Tether.
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#usdt #kpmg #report

Romelu Lukaku has officially been sold to Fenerbahce by Napoli for a reported cost of €6m plus add-ons, flying out this evening to Istanbul.
The deal had been done earlier this week and it is reported he underwent medical tests in Belgium, which is where he remained following the 2026 World Cup campaign.
He is therefore flying directly to Istanbul from Brussels, without going back to Italy or Naples.
VERONA, ITALY – FEBRUARY 28: Romelu Lukaku of SSC Napoli celebrates after scoring his team second goal during the Serie A match between ****** as Verona FC and SSC Napoli at Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi on February 28, 2026 in Verona, Italy. (Photo by Alessandro Sabattini/Getty Images)
The sale was confirmed by statements on both the Napoli and Fenerbahce websites this evening.

#italy #fenerbahce #istanbul

The Los Angeles Lakers could soon change hands again in a deal that underscores the soaring value of California's most iconic sports brands.
A group led by businessman Joshua Kushner and former Disney CEO Robert Iger has agreed to purchase the Lakers from owner Mark Walter in a transaction valued at $12 billion, according to statements released by the parties involved. If approved, the sale would set a new record for a North American sports franchise, eclipsing the $10 billion valuation attached to Walter's purchase of the team last year.
"As lifelong NBA fans, we are deeply honored for the opportunity to become stewards of the Los Angeles Lakers, one of the most iconic sports franchises in the world," Kushner and Iger said in a joint statement.
The buyers behind the record-setting Lakers deal come from two very different corners of the business world.
Joshua Kushner is a billionaire entrepreneur and venture capitalist best known as the founder of Thrive Capital, a New York-based investment firm that has backed some of the technology industry's biggest companies. Through Thrive and other investments, Kushner has built a reputation as one of the nation's most influential tech investors. He is also part of the Kushner family, a prominent name in real estate and business. Kushner is also the brother of Jared Kushner, who served as a senior adviser in President Donald Trump's first administration and is married to Trump's daughter. His father, real estate developer Charles Kushner, has served as U.S. ambassador to France since 2025.

#Lakers #sports #joshua #purchase

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) just handed AMD (NASDAQ:AMD) and Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) a new way to design chips: let AI agents do more of the work. On July 27, Synopsys unveiled autonomous agentic AI workflows built with Microsoft and already being evaluated by AMD, aimed at cutting the time it takes to turn a chip specification into working silicon. The announcement lands as investors weigh whether Synopsys deserves its premium for owning so much of the AI buildout's tooling.
Synopsys introduced two autonomous workflows at the DAC Chips to Systems Conference, developed with Microsoft and available for evaluation on Microsoft Discovery. One handles debug closure, using domain-specific and task-level agents to find design failures and speed up validation, with early evaluations showing a 25% to 40% reduction in debug cycle time. The other automates implementation and closure work on Synopsys' Fusion Compiler on Azure, with early results pointing to improved quality of results. AMD is actively evaluating these workflows for its next-generation products.
That traction fits a broader pattern. Synopsys already counts Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) as both a customer and an investor, after Nvidia expanded its partnership with a $2 billion investment. Synopsys' design software and intellectual property make it hard for rivals to dislodge once a chipmaker builds a project around its tools, and that stickiness showed up in the numbers: fiscal 2026 second quarter revenue grew 42% year-over-year, prompting the company to raise its full-year guidance.
Despite that growth, Synopsys shares had fallen 12% year to date as of July 16, a gap one **** ysis called jarring given the company's market share gains. Part of the explanation sits inside the Ansys deal: Synopsys paid $35 billion for it, and the resulting amortization costs have kept margins tight, with relief only expected once those costs wind down. Stock-based compensation made up roughly 58.8% of Synopsys' operating cash flow in fiscal 2025, meaning a large share of its reported free cash flow, about $1.3 billion for the year, comes from a non-cash add-back rather than actual cash generation.
There are also risks outside the balance sheet. Synopsys is managing multiple class action lawsuits alleging misstatements about its intellectual property segment, and a settlement with Elliott Investment Management could still push the company toward strategic changes.

#cash #workflows #NVIDIA

Brad Pitt claims that Angelina Jolie is refusing to turn over her movie contracts and financial documents.
In a July 31 filing obtained by USA Today, Pitt is asking a judge to force Jolie to produce records of her income. His team requested information on upfront acting fees, brand sponsorships, and profit participation statements from 2017 to 2021, according to TMZ.
Pitt is challenging Jolie's claims that she put her career on ice after their 2016 split. TMZ points out that Jolie starred in films like Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, Marvel's Eternals, and Those Who Wish Me Dead following their split.
USA Today reported that while Jolie turned over records for 2020 and 2021, she refuses to provide documents from 2017 through 2019. Her team argues that Pitt has no right to see this information and is asking for more documents than he is entitled to.
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#pitt #documents #shop #asking

The Minnesota Vikings named Kyler Murray their starting quarterback on Tuesday in the least-surprising news of the NFL offseason. Despite the Vikings branding this as a "quarterback battle," it was always Murray's job — and that's become apparent in recent days during training camp. Now it's caused unnecessary drama, as some onlookers at training camp believe that not only was McCarthy neck-and-neck in the battle, but that in recent days he out-performed the No. 1 overall pick who Minnesota signed this offseason.
There is no doubt that McCarthy was bad last year across his 10 games, and that Murray's veteran experience made him the clear-cut answer for the job, but it was covered in unnecessary consternation. The Vikings knew that Murray would be their starter when they signed him, and if there wasn't some sort of promise that he would be the starter, then Murray would have signed elsewhere. However, the Minnesota front office wanted to ease the eventual benching of McCarthy with the charade that this was really anyone's job, when it wasn't.
The attempt to pretend this was an open battle was predicated on the Vikings' belief that Murray would win the job easily, but that was complicated by McCarthy playing quite well in camp up to this point, especially recently where it seemed like he was more comfortable in the new-look Vikings offense, especially on deep routes. It also raises questions of the team's timing, and whether or not the decision to announce Murray as the starter right now was an effort to stop the bleeding after a weekend where Murray struggled, while McCarthy took strides ahead in the battle.
If there's one thing about this Vikings team it's that they routinely have messaging issues, almost as if its left and right hands struggle to be in concert. This was the case during Minnesota's so-called "competitive rebuild," which saw the Vikings attempt to rebuild its roster and be a successful playoff team in the process — not really achieving either, to the point where the franchise has been locked in draft purgatory without a good way to take the step forward. This was further accentuated this offseason with Justin Jefferson, who reportedly courted Murray to come and play with him, being forced to make public statements about how it didn't matter who the QB was, and that he didn't have a preference in the battle.
There's always subterfuge in the NFL when it comes to making decisions in-season, but far too often the Vikings shroud their offseason plans in a cloak-and-dagger way that makes it feel as if the team itself doesn't really have a plan. A throated, enthusiastic approach to Murray's arrival, and naming him the starter from Day 1 would have felt better than what's taken place. As for how McCarthy is handling all this: Look no further than Adam Schefter's tweet, which might as well have come directly from McCarthy's agent.

#offseason #starter

The Federal Open Market Committee's (FOMC) July meeting was divided. Three members dissented in favor of a rate hike, and Fed Chair Kevin Warsh made some conflicting statements during his post-meeting press conference. The FOMC's September meeting is now considered a toss-up.
According to CME Group's FedWatch tool, there's a nearly 55% likelihood the FOMC raises interest rates by a quarter point and roughly a 45% chance the Fed holds rates steady (as of Aug. 6).
Missed Nvidia in 2009? This Rare Signal Is Flashing Again. In 2009, a "Double Down" signal flashed for a little-known chipmaker called Nvidia. For the first time in years, that same "Total Conviction" signal is flashing for a company 1/100th the size of Nvidia. Continue »
This means that employment and inflation data over the next month and a half will be vital. The Fed recently released its August inflation forecast, and it could put the FOMC on a collision course ahead of the September meeting.
The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland regularly maintains estimates of various inflation gauges for the upcoming month and, eventually, the month after. These estimates are known as Inflation Nowcasting, a useful resource for investors seeking to monitor inflation.

#NVIDIA

Ayrton Senna is, for many fans, an untouchable figure – three world **** les, 41 race victories, and a driving talent that still gets debated three decades after his death at Imola in 1994. In a 2009 Autosport poll of 217 current and former Formula 1 drivers, Senna came out on top as the greatest the sport has ever seen. Tiff Needell, a former F1 driver and longtime television presenter, would like a word with whoever wrote that ballot.
Speaking on the Cars & Money podcast, Needell was clear on how he felt about the driver: "He could not be the world's greatest driver because he used his car as a weapon. I mean, to take off Alain Prost to win a world championship, he just wiped him out."
The incident in question was the 1990 **** anese Grand Prix, where Senna drove into Prost at the first corner, eliminating both cars and securing his second **** le in the process. Prost has claimed Senna confessed to making the maneuver intentionally, both in public statements and in private.
For Needell, the comparison point isn't Lewis Hamilton or Max Verstappen. It's Jim Clark, the Scottish driver who dominated the mid-1960s and won two championships.
"Jim Clark, the world's greatest driver, would never have done that," Needell argued on the podcast. It's a deliberately high bar, and one that's hard to argue against – Clark's record is essentially spotless in this regard.

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Warning: This post contains discussions of self-harm.
Perez Hilton's family just shared a health update after the celebrity gossip blogger live-streamed himself engaging in acts of self-harm during an apparent mental health crisis.
On Saturday, August 10, a statement was published on Perez's website detailing the latest on his condition. They also "respectfully ask[ed]" members of the media to "leave the home and the surrounding area."
"We want to confirm that Perez remains hospitalized under Florida's Baker Act," the family shared. "His communication has been extremely limited and confined to immediate family, medical providers, and others directly involved in his care. He has not communicated with the media or issued any public statements."
Additionally, they detailed that Hilton, 48 — whose real name is Mario Armando Lavandeira Jr. — remains in "serious but stable" condition.

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Perez Hilton's family has shared a new update on his health following his alarming mental health episode that was livestreamed last week.
The celebrity gossip blogger remains in hospital in Florida, where his condition is "serious but stable", and he will require surgery in the coming days, according to his family.
In a new statement on Hilton's website, his family confirmed that he remains hospitalised under Florida's Mental Health Act, writing, "His communication has been extremely limited and confined to immediate family, medical providers, and others directly involved in his care. He has not communicated with the media or issued any public statements.
"Perez's condition remains serious but stable. He experienced significant blood loss and sustained additional injuries that will require surgery in the coming days," the statement reads.
"His treatment and recovery will be a long process. We are grateful that Perez was able to spend time with his mother and sister yesterday."
Hilton's family also asked for privacy for the prolific gossip-spreader, as he continues his recovery, and for the media and public to stay away from their property.

#remains #gossip #serious

Editor's Note: If you or someone you know may be experiencing a mental health crisis, contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by dialing or texting "988."
Perez Hilton remains hospitalized under Florida's Baker Act and is in serious but stable condition, his family said in a new update Aug. 8 on the celebrity blogger's health.
Hilton, 48, experienced significant blood loss and sustained additional injuries that will require surgery in the coming days, according to the statement. His treatment and recovery will be a long process, his family said in statement posted to his website Aug. 8.
His communication has been "extremely limited" and confined to immediate family, medical providers and others directly involved in his care. Hilton has not communicated with the media or issued any public statements, his family said.
The update said Hilton was able to spend time with his mother and sister Friday. His family previously said he was "able to communicate" while receiving medical treatment, which had given them hope.

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